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Home Forums Hedgehog tales Badger has eaten one of my hedgehogs Reply To: Badger has eaten one of my hedgehogs

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Nic

Hi Mavisness

Sorry to hear about the poor hog.

Do you know for sure that the badger killed the hog? You say captured on camera trap – did you mean the badger actually killing the hog was captured? If so, that must have been distressing viewing.

Also do you know if the badger is resident in the area? If badgers are resident in an area, the hogs tend to move out, but it would probably be best if you stopped feeding them. Not an ideal time of year to stop feeding but better to have to find their own food than be food for the badger. If badgers are resident and one has killed a hedgehog, there would be nothing to stop it killing more, if, as you suggest, it thought it was an easy source of food.

If by chance the badger was only passing through, you might eventually be able to start feeding hogs again.

Hedgehog